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So says the Washington Post (via John Noonan, whose comments are worth reading). Hmm. Where did you read that before? We’re not a globe- and history-spanning secret society that’s able to convince people we’re a joke with a dorky blog … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Cambridge Police Profiling Still A Grim Reality for Harvard Faculty A—holes Guest Opinionby Professor John Evans Evans-JohnHarvard School of Harvard Faculty A—holes StudiesHarvard University When I first learned of the arrest of my colleague Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates after … Continue reading →
“When you first get there, you see this little island resort,” said the 30-year-old sergeant in the Philippine National Police. “Then after about five days, something snaps. You begin telling yourself, ‘I have to get out of here — now, … Continue reading →
Erin go bragh! Here’s to the crime-ridden, illegitimacy-plagued, substance-abusing underclass of the nineteenth century! Gotta say I’m surprised at the Krauts. They’re ordinarily pretty low in crimes against property. From the Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement. Via Boing … Continue reading →
Just to keep you all guessing… Q: Maybe you could draw on your student council experience to help sort out the enormous budget crisis in California. Any remedy for it?A: I don’t think we want a remedy for it. The … Continue reading →
Washington Post: A Case of Getting What You Pay ForWith Heart Attack Treatments, as Quality Rises, So Does Cost Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →He proves he’s as successful at health-care analysis as getting his Bucks to NBA Championships. (That’s HK in the sky-blue blazer.) Fortunately, as you’ll see in the linked story, the Badger State has produced at least one politician who’s with … Continue reading →
…was the Republican son of ex-hippie, earnest-liberal parents. But that’s only the kind of stuff that happens in sitcoms, not to Commie celebrity royalty. Or does it? Get your mind around… Arlo Guthrie, Republican. ’Puter, come for the shock value, … Continue reading →
“In August there will be such a yelling about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, saying that that was the step that led to the Second World War, and that Germany and the Soviet Union were two equal, disgusting, totalitarian monsters.” And your … Continue reading →
Um, guys, should we send flowers to Ghettoputer? Is this one of his aliases? * Pidgin Romanian for “Stop! Hammertime!” Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Mike Goldfarb is on fire these days. Your Volgi hasn’t even gotten to his reporting on Burma (tonight, maybe). But here he relates a hell of a scoop by Congressional Quarterly’s Josh Rogin: According to Rogin, “An internal Pentagon oversight … Continue reading →
…in return for his grin-and-grip and missile deal (where we accepted reductions in missiles they were going to retire anyway as in their favor). Biden to Georgia: Lie back and think of England. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like … Continue reading →
Regardless of the vote in the Senate, “ The F-22 funding termination this week doesn’t change a thing [about the tactical advantages offered by the stealth fighter’s advanced systems] and I think history will bear out the F-22 advocates’ position … Continue reading →
From Aviation Week: Top military planners in the Pacific are well aware of the F-22’s less advertised capabilities as an airborne command and control node, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensor package and an advanced electronic and information warfare weapon. … Continue reading →
Europe in the ’70s, here we come? Congressional leaders and President Obama are ignoring the perils of overspending to which European countries succumbed in the 1970s. The recent actions and proposals of President Obama and Congressional leaders violate both fiscal … Continue reading →
Betsy McCaughey in the WSJ: Since Medicare was established in 1965, access to care has enabled older Americans to avoid becoming disabled and to travel and live independently instead of languishing in nursing homes. But legislation now being rushed through … Continue reading →
Given the brutal beatdown inflicted upon your battered but unbowed Volgi by Ghettoputer and the Czar (file photo), the Œc. Vol. offers a brief rebuttal to the former’s post. I have no arguments with his second and fourth points. As … Continue reading →
Writes John Noonan at the Standard. Read his comments, then come back. Ok? So, Hillary says: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran Wednesday that the United States would extend a “defense umbrella” over its allies in the Persian Gulf … Continue reading →
Call us, Craig. Not just for this, but for being the first talk-show host in a long time to interview actual writers on his show. And doing an actual talk show where you, you know, talk to people. Via Warming … Continue reading →
Far be it from me to correct the Czar and risk a trip to the Lubyanka, but the Thune Amendment (Text here. Search for SA 1618. Relevant law begins at 8(b)) did not create national concealed-carry (CCW) for permit holders. … Continue reading →
Well, well, well. Looks like the New York Times is catching up with the Gormogons. And [the IRGC’s] aggressive drive to silence dissenting views has led many political analysts to describe the events surrounding the June 12 presidential election as … Continue reading →
Mike Goldfarb writes a great obituary. It’s not quite Marc Antony at Caesar’s funeral, but it’s worth your time, beginning: The final vote is 58 to 40. With that victory the Obama White House has eliminated the last major threat … Continue reading →
The Czar is right. The nuclear genie’s long out of the bottle and is far less fetching than Barbara Eden. The Czar politely mentions the past difficulties between Burma and the DPRK. If the Volgi’s memory serves, these include the … Continue reading →
*Not Kevin Smith. Story at Film Drunk. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
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Continue reading →In re our fabulous diplomacy trying to push carbon limits on India and getting summarily (and properly) rejected. Climate panic is an outgrowth of Western decadence. Pushing it on emerging powers is exactly what the Left means by cultural imperialism … Continue reading →
The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, has amassed evidence of a sophisticated Iranian nuclear weapons program that continued beyond 2003. This usually classified information comes courtesy of Germany’s highest state-security court. In a 30-page legal opinion on March 26 … Continue reading →
Well, now that ol’ Ted has consumed all the cancer treatments he can afford, he’s awfully blunt about saying how you, your mom, your kids, and every damn other peasant don’t deserve the same. Billy the K makes the catch. … Continue reading →
Good point: In fact, the Pro-Universal Crowd has done a brilliant job of framing a false argument: “Do we stick with a Free-Market Healthcare system which is not working?” or… “Do we at least do something to try and help; … Continue reading →
Is this possible? Wow. The medication works by suppressing the “suicide mechanism” of cells hit by radiation, while enabling them to recover from the radiation-induced damages that prompted them to activate the suicide mechanism in the first place. Wow. Confucius, … Continue reading →
Trying to parse this utterance: GAROFALO: The, mostly the media in the States is much more to the right. I mean there is almost no liberal outlet for news commentary or editorializing. … Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like … Continue reading →
Glenn Beck is not affiliated with the Gormogons. We will, however, gladly fast-track the membership applications of John Stossel and Penn Jillette. (If they’re not already members… Cue sinister Mandarin laugh.) Via Buttle. Stossel also does a nice job here. … Continue reading →
Apparently they were buzzing Alaska with bombers during the summit, in contravention of historical practice. J.E. Dyer at Contentions speculates, “Whether on Georgia, missile defense, or other issues, Putin may have read something in his eyes that Obama didn’t know … Continue reading →
Good news: Germany gives prestigious award to Israeli Bad news: Israeli is professional Israel-hater Germany is usually pretty sensitive about this stuff at the official level. How did this happen? The decision to present the Order of Merit was made … Continue reading →
Why is it so expensive for the Pentagon to buy stuff? I can’t even summarize. Notice the similarities to GorT talking about his Wang. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →…and a communist revolutionary? So he’s going to go down to the basement and pump himself full of lead? Photo: Yakov Yurovsky, death squad leader. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Wonder no more. And, ’Puter, Number Seven appears to actually proclaim “(I Have A) Sword In My Pants.” Via Sally Thomas @ First Things. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →“Hi. I love balls. I really, really love balls. I mean, I can’t get off without handling balls. “What? “Gay? I wish! If I were gay there’d be no problem! No, what I have is a romantic abnormality—one so unbelievable … Continue reading →
As you’ll recall, Confucius* says “Buy more F-22s.” This question is heating up increasingly, with Congress and many military officers on the one side, and Secdef Gates and the White House on the other. Dodbuzz.com calls it A Battle for … Continue reading →
Off the front page, of course, but check this out: When the hard-liners gave the traditional chant of “death to America,” Mousavi supporters countered with “death to Russia” and “death to China.” It was a reference to Ahmadinejad’s alliance with … Continue reading →
Yes. Dr. D puts it pithily. The merit of Malik’s book is that it seeks the answer in modern conditions. Even in Islamic countries, fundamentalists are not medieval throwbacks, however they may see themselves. They derive their ideas, even if … Continue reading →
Fiji reads the Gormogons. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →…that they used to have. (They were ridiculously antiquated even then.) From a “town hall” at the State Department: MS. GREENBERG: Okay. Our next question comes from Jim Finkle:Can you please let the staff use an alternative web browser called … Continue reading →
Well, at least we’re not Herbert, eh, GorT? Great catch, ’Puter. Of course, while young Barry O apparently listened respectfully to the cabbie, if you said to the government, “don’t touch my stuff!” one suspects he’d say, “Lighten up, Francis.” … Continue reading →
Sleazebag Russian flunkies insult our president. You know, I thought these photos were just unfortunate moments caught like the G8 “checking out the ass” shot. But looks like not. Pick your explanation: insult the U.S. or not want to touch … Continue reading →
You know, she could actually do worse (and show a sense of humor) in seeing if Mattel—or some politically-inclined toymaker—would be interested in actually making a Caribou Barbie®. Funny, self-deprecating PR, keeps her name out there, and what’s the worst … Continue reading →
If the government were to spend some of its stimulus money trying to raise my basketball ability level to that of Michael Jordan, it would be an even bigger waste of money than most of the other things that Washington … Continue reading →
Jimmy Akin on George Weigel on Caritas in Veritate. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Since the Czar’s started showing some of the old Eyemos from Club Gormogon, Confucius* will join in and says: here are Kelly Flint and her confrères in Dave’s True Story. The lyrics are, hmm… hot and bothered. *For those who … Continue reading →
Wow. Via the Weekly Standard: America chose to save us from the most evil party, and the most despicable President in the universe [Saddam]. Meanwhile, the Arab powers stood firmly against the American project. They used all means to thwart … Continue reading →
Sunday’s editorial begins: IF THE reports of deadly riots and repression in a far-off region of China sounded familiar last week, it’s because you have heard them — or something much like them — before. The uprising by ethnic Uighurs … Continue reading →
Where’s my ticket? I just hope they don’t spend too long lamenting the lack of audience, like they do in this trailer. Because, yep, we get it. Not enough people watched. It was hilarious. But tell us how it became … Continue reading →
Ghetto P., “the politics of personal destruction” is not original to Clinton or Obama. It was advocated by Saul Alinsky (the harmless-looking nerdy guy at right) on whom Hillary wrote an admiring thesis at Wellesley and who essentially invented the … Continue reading →
John Lott writes: Democrats say no rationing, but half the costs of their medical changes come from further reductions in payments to medical providers. Does anyone see the inconsistency here? Click through to the WSJ. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent … Continue reading →
Just a devastating takedown of the media’s treatment of Gov. Palin. Carl Cannon, neither Republican nor conservative, just completely destroys any pretense of fairness or decency on the part of his colleagues in the press. Facts matter, the man said. … Continue reading →
In case you need persuading that the Volgi isn’t ranting out of his hat with regard to the Uyghurs. (Full WaPo column.) Unrest in China’s far western region, known as Xinjiang, should not come as a surprise. The communist authorities … Continue reading →
Lawnmower Man?! Don’t be dredging up my old nicknames. Oh, wait, that’s a movie? Never mind. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Thank you, your imperial Czaritude, for that awesome yeti link. Nothing starts the day better than a good yeti shearing. And the “make your yeti happy” link following the movie contains some important insights into Mi-rGod psychology: It isn’t easy … Continue reading →
The Spanish numbers are scary, all right–the percentage of Spaniards holding a negative few of Jews jumped from 21% in 2004 to 46% in 2008–but that’s not the only thing to be scared about. If you dig into the whole … Continue reading →
Czar наш, You must have misunderstood Congressman Waxman. The Democrats made it clear that “questioning someone’s patriotism” is a political crime that is beyond the pale, despicable, un-American, un-patriotic… Hmm. if only someone had written a book about the leftist … Continue reading →
Read on to find out what for, but dig this opening: So on some recent radio show hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton, a male caller phoned in with a theory about Michael Jackson’s death. Turns out he didn’t kill … Continue reading →
As mentioned previously, the African Colonial theory seems a little overdrawn to the Volgi. But, wow, was he pleasantly surprised at the quoted remarks President Obama delivered to African leaders saying, “Hey, colonialism’s just an excuse at this point. Knock … Continue reading →
Is our offer to Russia (again). This time the president is stating it publicly: “I know Russia opposes the planned configuration for missile defence in Europe . . . I have made it clear that this system is directed at … Continue reading →
The Volgi says “OOY-ghur,” but that’s because he knows Turkic languages. The Volgi has a lot of respect for Andrew McCarthy on a whole range of issues, but he paints with far too broad a brush here. He’s tarring an … Continue reading →
Fans Flock to Mourn California, 1849-2009 LOS ANGELES – Millions of fans from around the globe gathered along Sunset Boulevard to pay final respects to California today, as a slow moving funeral procession transported the eccentric superstar state’s remains to … Continue reading →
Good news on the Kyrgyz front. We made a deal on Manas. Tripled the rent, so that‘s a nice benny for the Kyrgyzstan honchos. Seriously, though, good news in that it’s a significant bit of assistance to logistically supporting our … Continue reading →
The upshot of all this is that the task of keeping Russia’s imperialist pretensions under control has just gotten harder. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Toilet-bowl-dictatorship edition! So, we reach out…and are slapped down—by Zimfreakingbabwe. Mr Mugabe told The Herald newspaper in Zimbabwe that nothing came out of his talks with Mr Carson – his first meeting with a US government official for many years. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Your Volgi saw this story about the clerical establishment in Qom’s (the “q,” by the way, sounds a lot like a French or German uvular “r’) condemning the Khamene’i/Ahmadinejad faction in the sham election and thought, “Damn, that is a … Continue reading →
Long-time Middle East watchers (like the Czar) will note that the Saudis’ willingness to cooperate with Israel against Iran is, in fact, entirely within character. Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter, deadly rivals who see each other as their main … Continue reading →
It’s what they do. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Thank you all for reading, as always, and we’d particularly like to thank some of the folks who’ve been linking to us. First of all, we would like to thank the Liberal (Kansas) High School news and content hub, who … Continue reading →
Ok, ok, stop asking. The Volgi’s take is this: Palin’s long suits are just ridiculous quantities of charisma and a devoted following among evangelicals, many pro-life Catholics, and a substantial group of conservative women. Unless she’s leaving Juneau one step … Continue reading →
A Dutch psychologist and criminologist, Chris Rutenfrans, once told me that, in his opinion, there was a single factor underlying much modern social pathology and psychic unease, namely a loss of the power of, or inclination to, self-control. It sounded … Continue reading →
With President Barack Obama’s trip to Moscow on Monday, you might expect Russia to avoid stirring up any trouble. Yet the Russian media are now abuzz with speculation about a new war in Georgia, and some Western analysts are voicing … Continue reading →
And the answer is: “None, none… more black.” Just thought we’d get in the Spinal Tap gag before the rush. Pictured: Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest, er, Nigel Tufnel. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. … Continue reading →
More on the Ho 229. GorT reminded his Œc. Vol. that many references refer to the Air & Space Museum’s Ho 229 as an airframe. He’s right—and wrong, it turns out. According to this long article on its history (with … Continue reading →
Oops. I was correcting a typo in GorT’s post on the Ho 229, and I accidentally published it in advance of its scheduled time, below my long post about Gov. Sanford. Apologies to GorT. Everyone click here now. Let me … Continue reading →
Scripsit el GorTo: Several Gormogons were regular users of the Washington DC Metro system growing up. For those unaware, the DC Metro system actually charges more to use it during rush hour. Huh? Aren’t we supposed to use mass transit … Continue reading →
’Puter, whom rumor has it is always right, has hit the mot juste in describing Mark Sanford as a “colossal ass.” Moreover, he’s obviously a narcissist of the first water. (Sanford. Not ’Puter. Necessarily.) As Mark Steyn pointed out, Narcissism … Continue reading →
So…well, well, well. All your Volgi’s giving the president the benefit of the doubt on his potential strategic reasons for not commenting on Iran seems to be in vain, given his intemperate and despicable “meddling” in the situation in Honduras. … Continue reading →
Abe Greenwald documents Bush’s Iran policy, which looks pretty good at this remove. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →They headline their Saturday editorial: Iran’s LessonsShouldn’t ‘realism’ mandate regime change? And they conclude: Still, by now it ought to be clear that the best chance to protect what Mr. Obama calls “core U.S. security interests” lies in a victory … Continue reading →
Quoth Maurice “Snoopy” Miller in Steven Soderbergh’s brilliant adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s Out of Sight (1998). And, indeed, unlike the film’s anti-ish hero, Jack Foley, and despite his heretofore increasingly vocal criticism and defiance of the régime, Mîr-Ḥusayn Mûsavî hath … Continue reading →
Writes Mark Steyn. The real bubble is a consequence of big government. The more the citizenry expect from the state, the more our political class will depend on ever more swollen Gulf Emir-size retinues of staffers hovering at the elbow … Continue reading →
CHICAGO – Chicago White Sox front office spokesman Scott Reifert announced today that fans attending a July 11 twin bill versus the Minnesota Twins at US Cellular Field will receive a free commemorative mini-bat, unlimited ten cent Budweiser, and up … Continue reading →
You know you’ve got to fix something when Joe Biden is arbitrating interagency conflicts. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Thank you, Brian Dunbar of space4commerce for linking to the Gormogons in approbation of Ghettoputer’s open-gays-in-the-military suggestion. Welcome to our Blog Pimp Roll. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →A video and some articles for clicking through if work is slow, or if you find yourself belangoured on the weekend. On Pajamas TV, FotG David Frum continues his argument for the GOP’s forming “new majority” by presenting itself differently … Continue reading →
The Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the U.S. president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating “green jobs” in “alternative energy” even though Spain’s unemployment rate is 18.1 percent — more than double the … Continue reading →
Ford gets into bed with the government. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Pray for Iran. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Iranian government’s Fourth-of-July invitations have been rescinded, conveys Mike Goldberg, again with some vociferous commentary. The hot dog diplomacy was a symbol of this administration’s naive faith in the power of diplomacy and in their own power of persuasion. … Continue reading →
The best article you’ll read all month and the best thing Joe Queenan has written in years. One of the great what-ifs in recent history involves Alan Greenspan. Complicit in one of the greatest economic collapses ever, Greenspan has now … Continue reading →
A full-bird Marine colonel with 85 combat missions who taught carrier landings. Bet you didn’t know that. Let’s hope he’s gone to the Party Machine in the sky. Fast forward to 3:57 on the counter for the reference, possibly GorT’s … Continue reading →
